Timothy Long

a - i just spent a week in yosemite. grew close to god. escaped (if only momentarily) the melodrama of life, work, and the 2008 election mess. read an amazing book. had my life changed in a small, but significant way. i plan to write more on this sometime soon.

b - as of september 15th, i will be starting a new job. not particularly excited about a daily commute to irvine, but am particularly excited about the prospect of designing websites for a living. at the very least, it will serve as an excuse to move south and fulfill my self-made life prophecy of surfing every day.

c - i noticed that a photo i took made its way onto urban climber’s homepage. they refused it for print less than a month ago, but i suppose this will do. (screenshot)

d - as utterly disappointed as i am with donald miller and his closing benediction at the national democratic convention (which was, in truth, more like blasphemy than anything else), i was slightly excited to discover that he has (at long last) released a weblog of his own. i have always enjoyed his writings, regardless of how disputatious his views often are.

e - anyone excited about the release of google chrome? i am.

the shit box; a wonderous manifestation of human ingenuity.

matt rubin from virb launched a new rubinrecommends.com earlier this week. i’ve discovered most of my new music recently via this site. peep it.

SK8OLOGY is a fundraising exhibition and auction that combines skateboard counter culture with the world of fine art. there are some fine contributing artists, jason lee being one of them.

i will be in attendance; hopefully bidding on jenikah’s piece. go jenikah!

ed templeton (professional skateboarder and artist) gives an intensely close and personal look at his coming of age. available for pre-order.

can’t wait for this.

casey cochran launches oc green guide’s new website.

great resource for green-conscious living.
that is, if you’re concerned about that kind of thing. good work, casey.

some personal sites that i’ve been digging lately:
kevin john gomez, natalia devalle, ed merrit, damien du toit, ben hulse.

nike+ human race. i’ll be running los angeles. in a neon speedo.
hope to see you out there.

“At a dinner recently, the 90th birthday party for former Governor and Ambassador Averell Harriman, Teddy Kennedy said that Averell’s age was only half as old as Ronald Reagan’s ideas. And you know, he’s absolutely right. The Constitution is almost 200 years old, and that is where I get my ideas.”

Ronald Reagan